Tara Dooley
Tara Dooley
  • Year:
    Gr.
  • Hometown:
    Lee, Mass.
  • High School:
    Lee

Bio

2013 All-America & 2014 Capital One Academic All-America® 2nd year as cross country team captain ... graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bentley in May 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and is now enrolled in Bentley’s graduate program … 2011 graduate of Lee High School … outstanding student … was Bentley’s number one runner in every cross country race she ran during her first three seasons … owns indoor school record in 5,000 … was a member of the Bentley lacrosse team as a freshman … received Dean’s Award at the Falcon Award event in spring 2015 … Before Bentley: was a three-sport athlete and captain at Lee High, competing in soccer, basketball and lacrosse all four years … two-year captain in soccer … led Lee to Western Massachusetts championship in basketball all four years and 2010 state championship … Lee also reached the state finals in 2011 … as a junior, made a buzzer-beater in the Western Mass. championship game to force overtime … four-year all-star in lacrosse … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 22 … daughter of Michael and Jo-Anne Dooley … has two sisters, Kaitlyn (23) and Eileen (20) … was involved with Catholic Campus Connection and Campus Activities Board as an undergrad … worked as an office manager for student activities staff … spent Spring 2014 semester studying abroad in France.

CROSS COUNTRY

2014: was sidelined by injury … 2013: earned All-America honors by finishing fourth in the NCAA Division II Championships, covering the 6,000-meter course in 21:07.0 … broke the tape with a winning time of 21:19.2 at the NCAA Division II East Regional, a performance that earned her USTFCCCA Division II East Region Runner of the Year honors  … selected as a first-team Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-America …  was second, to Dartmouth’s Abbey D’Agostino, in both the Dartmouth Invitational and the Central Connecticut State Invitational … Northeast-10 Women’s Runner of the Year despite missing the conference championships due to injury … NE-10 Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award … Capital One Academic All-District 1 … Academic All-Northeast-10 … USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic team … five-time Northeast-10 Women’s Runner of the Week … 2012: All-New England, All-NCAA Division II East Region and 1st-team All-Northeast-10 … finished second in both the Northeast-10 Championships (18:38.4) and the NCAA Division II Regional (21:17.4) … sixth overall and first among Division II student-athletes in the New England Championships (17:37.92) … placed 58th in the NCAA Division II Championships with a time of 21:49.9 … won the Central Connecticut State Invitational in 17:35.84 … USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic … Academic All-Northeast-10 … Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-District … NE-10 Women’s Athlete of the Week twice (Sept. 24, Oct. 9) … NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll three times (Oct. 22, Nov. 5, 20) … 2011: All-New England, All-NCAA Division II East Region and 1st-team All-Northeast-10 … Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year … in first-ever cross country race, finished 28th overall and first among Division II runners in the New Englands in 18:34 … runner-up in the Northeast-10 Championships (17:44.23) and NCAA Division II East Regional (21:58.7) … 49th in NCAA Division II Championships (22:36.2) … USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic … named NE-10 Runner of the Week Oct. 10 … four-time NE-10 Rookie of the Week.

TRACK

School Records: 17:15.61 in indoor 5,000, set at 2015 New Englands … Bentley Rankings: 4th in outdoor 10,000 (39:37.82), 6th in indoor 3,000 (10:12.97), 6th in outdoor 5,000 (18:26.26), 8th in indoor mile (5:14.80) … Indoor Bests: 5:14.80 mile (2011 Brandeis Reggie Poyau), 10:12.97 3,000 (2015 BU John Thomas), 17:15.61 5,000 (2015 New Englands) … Outdoor Bests: 18:26.26 5,000 (2015 Silfen Invitational), 39:37.82 10,000 (2013 Northeast-10 Championships) … 2014-15: earned indoor All-New England honors with a fifth place finish in a school record 17:15.61 … provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships … USTFCCCA Division II All-East Region in the 5,000 … named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll five times … ran to victory in the 3,000 at the Dec. 6 UMass-Boston Indoor Opener (10:20.44) … USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic … selected Academic All-Northeast-10 during the indoor season … 2013-14: did not compete in any track meets as she spent spring semester studying abroad … 2012-13: was fifth in 10,000 at Northeast-10 Championships (39.37.82) in only track race of the year … 2011-12: was second in mile at Brandeis Reggie Poyau Invitational (5:14.80). 

TFRRS Profile

News Mentions

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Cross Country Closes Out Season at NCAA Championships

The Bentley University men’s cross country team and All-America grad student Tara Dooley (Lee, Mass./Lee HS) closed out the season by...

November 21, 2015

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Bentley Cross Country Set for Saturday’s NCAA Championships

The Bentley University men's cross country team is in Joplin, Mo. for Saturday morning's NCAA Division II Championships, as is Falcon grad...

November 20, 2015

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Six Bentley Cross Country Runners Earn USTFCCCA All-Region Honors

Six Bentley University cross country runners have been recognized as Division All-East Region by the United States Track and Field & Cross...

November 10, 2015

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Dooley Earns 4th Trip to NCAA Division II Championships; Bentley Finishes 5th of 28

HOPKINTON, N.H. – For the fourth time in her illustrious career, Bentley University grad student and All-America Tara Dooley (Lee, Mass./Lee...

November 8, 2015

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Bentley Cross Country Set for Sunday’s NCAA East Regional; Trip to Nationals on the Line

The Bentley University men’s and women’s cross country teams will be in Hopkinton, N.H. Sunday for the 2015 NCAA Division II East...

November 6, 2015

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Morena & Dooley Lead Bentley Women to 2nd in Northeast-10 Championships

With junior Julia Morena (Boylston, Mass./Tahanto Reg. HS) and All-America grad student Tara Dooley (Lee, Mass./Lee HS) posting top ten finishes,...

October 25, 2015

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Cross Country Debuts Saturday at Dartmouth Invitational

With the trio of junior Nik Haas (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey HS), senior Sarah Brennan (Quincy/Notre Dame Academy) and All-America grad student Tara...

September 9, 2015